Phobos

Phobos Larger of the two satellites of Mars. Discovered in 1877 by Asaph Hall, it is a dark, irregular body measuring 27 × 22 × 19km (17 × 14 × 12mi). It may well be a captured asteroid. It has two large craters, named Stickney and Hall.

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